district court

noun

: a trial court that has jurisdiction over certain cases within a specific judicial district

Examples of district court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But in its decision, the U.S. Supreme Court determined the law creating lower federal courts does not empower district court judges to issue injunctions that apply to anyone other than the plaintiffs. —Alison Dirr, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025

Under the spending bill that the Legislature plans to take final votes on Thursday, pay for bar advocates working district court cases would jump to $75 an hour on Aug. 1, and $85 an hour on Aug. 1, 2026. —Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 30 July 2025

The stakes in these emergency appeals of district court matters are enormous. —Erwin Chemerinsky, Twin Cities, 25 July 2025

Rigas’s email comes two days after the Supreme Court lifted a district court order barring President Trump’s administration from performing mass layoffs. —Filip Timotija, The Hill, 11 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for district court

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Legal Definition

district court

noun

often capitalized D&C

: a trial court having general or limited jurisdiction in a judicial district: as

a

: one of the federal trial courts sitting in a federal district

b

: a trial court within a state court system